I would expect this rationalization from someone who perhaps asks, "what is so evil about fascism that it needs to be on every news feed in the world?". Of course, modern day fascists don't see themselves as fascist, much like insane people see themselves as perfectly rational.
Actually, things have been warped and twisted enough, that a bill can be considered to originate in the house, if the senate takes a random bill, strips all the language out of it and inserts new language without changing the title. As long as a bill has been passed by the house with that title, it is considered to have originated in the house. I believe that's what happened with the healthcare act.
No, they are marketing their rifles to parents by showing how cute their kids can be with a Crickett. I know the marketing to kids angle worked for the prohibition of vices crowd when it came to tobacco and alcohol. But stop. Just stop.
And there is a reason people are killed by close proximity shots from blank ammunition. The plastic or cardboard wad. Any projectile moving fast enough can cause damage, sometimes lethal amounts.
In a low-pressure, low-velocity firearm with a smooth bore barrel and a clearance fit of bullet to bore, a clay or glass projectile would work just fine.
I don't think this gun is designed to be smuggled through metal detectors. It's designed to be made at home, hence the reason it's made primarily of plastic.
No, actually CO2 has a small effect on global heating compared to other gases and particulates. The thing that distinguishes CO2 from other gases and particulates is that it pretty much universally produced by civilization, and therefor is a useful target for politicians wishing to exert control.
...does someone accidentally killing someone with a BB gun, and someone dissolving Al in TBC have to do with each other? I haven't read the article, and I won't read the article, but come on. I don't even care about the merits of each case. Slashdot, you're treading on thin ice.
It's a utilitarian calculation: the greatest good of the greatest number of people. But I know for many slashdotters their individual freedom trumps everything.
Actually it's a totalitarian calculation and solution. Anyone who calls themselves a liberal should understand this.
In 2011, 32,163 people were shot to death in the United States.
You seem to have the ability to break that number down, separating out 260 justifiable homicides. Did you happen to see that almost 20,000 of those deaths were suicides? This system would not have prevented those. How many of those 32,000 deaths were justified non-private citizen shootings, e.g. cops shooting criminals? This systems would not have prevented those either. Can you even find out how many of those shootings were committed with a stolen firearm that this system would have prevented?
You over-estimate the intelligence and reasoning ability of over half of the United States population. Once the word "lucifer-anything" is heard, millions of brains will switch off.
It actually happens more frequently than you expect. Any time you have a large amount of oxidizer burning, it has the potential to accelerate vigorously. See the Texas City disaster of 1947.
And you can continue missing the forest for the trees. Whatever it takes to justify your vote. The economic situation in this country is not headed in the right direction.
You're totally right. I stand corrected. Our spending levels are totally in line with the historical average. GDP growth is excellent. Employment levels are great. Incomes are up. Families are building wealth and capital like never before, particularly traditionally disadvantaged groups. You should be proud of how our government has turned the economy around from when we were living under Bush's boot heel. Spending was down 20 billion last year from the year before, so our deficit was only 1.1 trillion. Totally reasonable and such an improvement. We can totally afford to spend 225 billion this year servicing the debt.
That is a load of horseshit. It is totally dependent on when you start counting. The blame lays as much with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. The last budget by republicans that became law was 2.7 trillion. By FY 2009 it was up to 3.5 trillion, and we haven't had a budget signed into law since. It should be noted that the house and the senate delayed passage of the fy 2009 budget until after Obama was in office. So it was signed by him, even though the FY began under Bush.
They are not budget cuts. The budget (when we have one) is still growing at an alarming rate. You are referring to the equivalent of departmental cuts.
My point is republicans are not looking for a few cuts so spending can be moved around and increased overall. When they say spending cuts, they mean meaningful cuts that cut the overall level of spending.
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By the IRS?
Not to mention that Media Matters still has it's tax-exempt status unquestioned.
I would expect this rationalization from someone who perhaps asks, "what is so evil about fascism that it needs to be on every news feed in the world?". Of course, modern day fascists don't see themselves as fascist, much like insane people see themselves as perfectly rational.
...the marches and protests on Washington Mall, complete with giant presidential effigies and Hitler mustaches.
Actually, things have been warped and twisted enough, that a bill can be considered to originate in the house, if the senate takes a random bill, strips all the language out of it and inserts new language without changing the title. As long as a bill has been passed by the house with that title, it is considered to have originated in the house. I believe that's what happened with the healthcare act.
Because they are so used to hearing how abnormally warm weather is proof that gloabl warming exists.
No, they are marketing their rifles to parents by showing how cute their kids can be with a Crickett. I know the marketing to kids angle worked for the prohibition of vices crowd when it came to tobacco and alcohol. But stop. Just stop.
And there is a reason people are killed by close proximity shots from blank ammunition. The plastic or cardboard wad. Any projectile moving fast enough can cause damage, sometimes lethal amounts.
In a low-pressure, low-velocity firearm with a smooth bore barrel and a clearance fit of bullet to bore, a clay or glass projectile would work just fine.
I don't think this gun is designed to be smuggled through metal detectors. It's designed to be made at home, hence the reason it's made primarily of plastic.
No, actually CO2 has a small effect on global heating compared to other gases and particulates. The thing that distinguishes CO2 from other gases and particulates is that it pretty much universally produced by civilization, and therefor is a useful target for politicians wishing to exert control.
...does someone accidentally killing someone with a BB gun, and someone dissolving Al in TBC have to do with each other? I haven't read the article, and I won't read the article, but come on. I don't even care about the merits of each case. Slashdot, you're treading on thin ice.
...is the only thing I miss from 2007 era smartphones.
It's a utilitarian calculation: the greatest good of the greatest number of people. But I know for many slashdotters their individual freedom trumps everything.
Actually it's a totalitarian calculation and solution. Anyone who calls themselves a liberal should understand this.
In 2011, 32,163 people were shot to death in the United States.
You seem to have the ability to break that number down, separating out 260 justifiable homicides. Did you happen to see that almost 20,000 of those deaths were suicides? This system would not have prevented those. How many of those 32,000 deaths were justified non-private citizen shootings, e.g. cops shooting criminals? This systems would not have prevented those either. Can you even find out how many of those shootings were committed with a stolen firearm that this system would have prevented?
You over-estimate the intelligence and reasoning ability of over half of the United States population. Once the word "lucifer-anything" is heard, millions of brains will switch off.
Kind of like the phrase genetically modified.
It actually happens more frequently than you expect. Any time you have a large amount of oxidizer burning, it has the potential to accelerate vigorously. See the Texas City disaster of 1947.
And you can continue missing the forest for the trees. Whatever it takes to justify your vote. The economic situation in this country is not headed in the right direction.
...that the fertilizer in Texas was mixed with diesel fuel.
You're totally right. I stand corrected. Our spending levels are totally in line with the historical average. GDP growth is excellent. Employment levels are great. Incomes are up. Families are building wealth and capital like never before, particularly traditionally disadvantaged groups. You should be proud of how our government has turned the economy around from when we were living under Bush's boot heel. Spending was down 20 billion last year from the year before, so our deficit was only 1.1 trillion. Totally reasonable and such an improvement. We can totally afford to spend 225 billion this year servicing the debt.
That is a load of horseshit. It is totally dependent on when you start counting. The blame lays as much with Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. The last budget by republicans that became law was 2.7 trillion. By FY 2009 it was up to 3.5 trillion, and we haven't had a budget signed into law since. It should be noted that the house and the senate delayed passage of the fy 2009 budget until after Obama was in office. So it was signed by him, even though the FY began under Bush.
They are not budget cuts. The budget (when we have one) is still growing at an alarming rate. You are referring to the equivalent of departmental cuts.
No, it would raise the cost of your home by $150,000.
My point is republicans are not looking for a few cuts so spending can be moved around and increased overall. When they say spending cuts, they mean meaningful cuts that cut the overall level of spending.
Interesting that the nytimes fails to disclose the total amount budgeted in this proposal for fy2013. Why do you think that is?